February 14, 2011
OUR Energy, LLC's acquisition of approximately 1,600 customers from Abacus Resources Energy is part of the retail electric provider's measured growth plans and continued expansion into residential service.
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February 11, 2011
The Illinois Commerce Commission has issued an amendatory order on Commonwealth Edison's Purchase of Receivables program, which establishes a new discount rate, but also appears to result in the double collection of administrative costs, and creates additional confusion on the uncollectibles factor…
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February 10, 2011
PUCO Approves Columbia Auction Results The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approved the results of the Columbia Gas Standard Service Offer auction, which, as first reported in Matters yesterday, resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment of $1.88/Mcf. Additional details in our 2/9 story.
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February 10, 2011
During an earnings call yesterday, Gerard Anderson, DTE Energy President and CEO, said that proponents of raising the electric choice cap are not getting any traction, and that Michigan's new governor, Rick Snyder, in particular understands that choice advocates are looking for a "free option."
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February 9, 2011
Illinois' Office of Retail Market Development has asked electric suppliers to informally comment on the reasons for the lack of residential competition at Ameren.
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February 9, 2011
BlueStar Energy Services Receives Texas REP Certificate The PUCT granted BlueStar Energy Services, Inc. a Texas REP certificate. BlueStar’s application was first reported by Matters (1/7) .
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February 9, 2011
Columbia Gas of Ohio has petitioned PUCO to delay the necessary posting of deposits for new winning SSO suppliers until the service start date of April 1, 2011 ( see related story for auction results ).
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February 9, 2011
An auction to establish the Standard Service Offer (SSO) price at Columbia Gas of Ohio resulted in a Retail Price Adjustment of $1.88/Mcf.
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February 7, 2011
PPL Corp.'s Supply unit reported higher earnings of $281 million for the fourth quarter of 2010 versus $52 million a year ago.
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February 7, 2011
Texas Retail Energy Illinois License Application Limited to Affiliates Texas Retail Energy, LLC's Illinois electric supplier application, first reported in Matters ( 2/4 ), is limited to selling to affiliated Wal-Mart facilities, consistent with its licenses in Texas and New York.
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February 7, 2011
Constellation expects to invest additional marketing dollars over the next few years to expand its NewEnergy retail supplier into new regions and increase the number of mass market customers its serves, Constellation CEO Mayo Shattuck said during an earnings call Friday.
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February 4, 2011
In reporting earnings this morning, Constellation Energy reported that its residential offerings in Maryland and New Jersey have resulted in more than 80,000 customers by year end.
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February 4, 2011
Viridian Energy will begin offering electric service in New York on February 14, the company confirmed yesterday, as it issued a sustainability report .
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February 3, 2011
Ambit Energy Offering Residential Service at PECO Ambit Energy has started offering residential electric service at PECO through PA Power Switch, with a variable rate currently priced at 8.4¢/kWh. Ambit is also offering a 12-month fixed product, as well as fixed and variable renewable products…
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February 3, 2011
Direct Energy said yesterday that it is looking to expand its residential business "rapidly" in 2011, as it consolidated its U.S. Northeast residential operations in Pittsburgh.
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February 2, 2011
The Michigan PSC has posted year-end customer counts and load served by individual alternative electric suppliers, as part of its report to lawmakers on customer choice .
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February 1, 2011
Detroit Edison (Case U-16088) and Consumers Energy (Case U-16087) have filed with the Michigan PSC their final electric choice cap reports, reflecting the final caps for the year 2011.
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January 28, 2011
Reliant Energy Seeks Illinois Electric License Reliant Energy Northeast LLC submitted an application for an Illinois alternative retail electric supplier license yesterday. A copy of Reliant's application was not immediately available.
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January 27, 2011
The Michigan PSC yesterday reported that the number of gas choice customers in Michigan has reached an all-time high since the program became available to customers in 2001 and 2002. The announcement follows 2009 being a record year for gas choice as well.
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January 27, 2011
Nordic Energy Services, LLC confirmed yesterday that it intends to start offering residential electric service at Commonwealth Edison and Ameren in March.
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January 26, 2011
Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation has sought approval from the Michigan PSC (U-16513) to implement a Reservation Surcharge applicable to both non-shopping Gas Cost Recovery (GCR) customers and Gas Choice Customers (GCC).
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January 25, 2011
Under existing laws, the Illinois Commerce Commission, "does not have jurisdiction[] to broadly regulate electric vehicle charging service or providers as public utilities," BlueStar Energy Services said in comments to the ICC.
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January 24, 2011
Patch Energy Services Seeks Pa. Broker License Patch Energy Services, LLC applied for a Pennsylvania electric broker/marketer license to serve commercial customers over 25 kW, industrial customers, and governmental customers at PECO and PPL.
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January 21, 2011
Bundled commercial and industrial customers of Detroit Edison in the greater than or equal to 15 kW classes will be subject to a bypassable surcharge of 0.0965¢/kWh during February to recover an over-refund previously paid to these customers relating to the reconciliation of the Regulatory Asset…
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January 21, 2011
CenterPoint Energy Services Seeks Michigan Gas License CenterPoint Energy Services, Inc. applied for a Michigan alternative natural gas supplier license to serve customers through the utility choice programs. CenterPoint Energy Services is currently active in serving transportation-level customers…
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